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Name the seven Main gods on Olympus

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Zeus 
Athena 
Ares 
Apollo 
Aphrodite 
Poseidon 
Hades
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What do you know about the god named Zeus

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Zeus means father-head

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What do you know about Athena

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Wisdom (Trojan war)

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What do you know about ARES

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God of war

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What do you know about Apollo

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God of sun

poetry

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What do you know about Aphrodite

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Love

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What do you know about Hades

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Underworld

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What is the origin of chief gods

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Vindictive, immoral humanlike-just powerful 
to be feared-
appease them 
sacrifices 
built temples 
rituals 
pray 
festivals 
drama
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What do you know about Greek culture “theology”

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None-no communications oracles-ask for advice Delphi

deliberately misleading

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Greek culture Olympics when were they

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(776 BC)

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Arts and literature subject matter

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Focused on humans-ideals

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What do you know about Greek culture

architecture

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Temples
columns
Parthenon
Athens (Athena)

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Greek culture sculpture what was it like

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Lifelike – nudes – idealistic poly cultus

proportion

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What do you know about Greek culture drama

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Tragedy-chorus-2 actors good vs evil gods trilogies (men) aeschylus-Agamemnon-Trojan war Orestia (great Warrior) Sophocles-Oedipus rex kill father and Marry mother
3 character

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How many cheap gods were there on Olympus

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12 they changed at times and there were lots of other gods

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Who were the inventors of Greek history

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Herodotus-Persian wars – biased for Greeks

Thucydides-history of Peloponnesian war emphasized role of men not gods

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What do you know about the philosophy of Greek culture

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Love of wisdom – worldview

Pythagoras-1st Great philosopher

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What do you know about sophists

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Traveling teachers – for money

rhetoric – both sides and absolutes

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What do you know about Socrates

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Drink poison (hemlock) inciting rebellion in the young

“the unexamined life is not worth living”

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Who was Plato

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Socrates’ student Plato wrote the teachings of Socrates
how do we know what’s real? The things we can see are not real
“The cave”
The Republic – state is more important than the individual
Anti-democracy
Started the Academy, for school of higher learning. Greatest writers in history – influence Christianity Saint Augustine influenced

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Who was Aristotle

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Happiness is related to behavior – virtue
Plato’s student – opposite of Plato
observation/logic – first true scientist wrote on each of the city states –
their government
tutored Alexander the Great

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